• Skip to main content
  • Skip to footer
  • Home
  • About Me
A Cook And Her Books
  • STORIES
    • GARDEN
    • FOOD
    • DIY
    • TRAVEL
    • ART
  • CONTACT
  • Home
  • About Me
A Cook and Her Books logo

A Cook And Her Books

Your SUPER-powered WP Engine Site

  • STORIES
    • GARDEN
    • FOOD
    • DIY
    • TRAVEL
    • ART
  • CONTACT
Chapel at with green door and cross at Howard Finster's Paradise Garden
Chapel at with green door and cross at Howard Finster's Paradise Garden

Art Garden Travel

Finster Fest @ Howard Finster Paradise Gardens

Howard Finster was a Man of Visions. He was a preacher, folk artist and celebrity in his own time. He passed in 2001, and left a living legacy: a swampy site in northwest Georgia he called Paradise
Continue Reading

  • All Blog Posts

Art

Pink lily in garden in Matlacha, Florida

Art Garden Travel

A Visit to Matlacha, Florida

In July 2022, I spent a day in the charming fishing village called Matlacha, Florida. My friends and I shopped in the
Continue Reading

High Museum Atlanta | Photo by Lucy Mercer/A Cook and Her Books

Art Travel

Obama Portraits at the High Museum of Atlanta

The official portraits of former President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama are on tour across the
Continue Reading

Hat on stand with basket of rolling pins

Art Travel

A Stay at the Woolworth Lofts in Selma, Alabama

When you go to Selma, my friend said, you need to stay at the Woolworth Lofts. These renovated rooms atop the old
Continue Reading

Air plants in a frame with a vase

Art Garden Travel

Flowers, Poetry and Light at Selby Garden

I am starved for gardens and art. Two years of the homebound life has meant experiencing these worlds through screens on
Continue Reading

White building and blue sky view from Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama

Art Travel

Walking Around Selma, Alabama

“Selma is a place where we injected something very meaningful into our democracy. We opened up the political process and
Continue Reading

Footer

Quick Links

  • Home
  • About
  • Stories
  • Contact

Read More Stories!

  • Garden
  • Food
  • DIY
  • Travel
  • Art

Contact Us

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn

Sign Up Now For More!

Subscribe to my monthly newsletter for fresh tips on gardening, food and books delivered to your inbox.

* indicates required

Copyright © 2025 Lucy Mercer. All images and words belong to Lucy Mercer unless otherwise attributed and may not be reproduced without written permission.

Privacy Policy · Sitemap